Science Confirms: Politics Wrecks Your Ability to Do Math

Only a few minutes after watching the video Khaos posted: http://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/Humour/110527-list-of-scientists-who-became-creationists-after-studying-the-evidence#191196

I came across an answer to the very question Tyson had been asking!

http://www.alternet.org/media/most-depressing-discovery-about-brain-ever

Read it off of your FB post, M ...

That may be new research findings, but it is not new information ; just a "confirmation" maybe ... maybe ...

"L'esprit est toujours la dupe du cœur." ~ La Rochefoucauld, 1678

And you know, we can't even reallly complain about that ... It works out well in small communities (150 - 1500 pop.) - it keeps us 'human' in our decisions -, but when we get into the hundreds of thousands, especially the millions, we get complacent and stupid. Panem et circenses ... sound familiar ?

Mythology tells us that, philosophy tells us that, history tells us that ...

No wonder they've stopped funding the humanities. :dry:

clinging ideology and stereotypes messes up peoples ability to calculate accurately

i see this as a progress - another example of why not to be "loyal" to thoughts or beliefs

too bad the ones who need it the most wont listen lol

I wander if this only becomes a real problem when you become so wedded to your political beliefs that they become a part of your personal identity. Then at that point getting people to admit they are wrong becomes very difficult because your not just attacking a belief they hold, but something that's part of how they define themselves.